Fruit flies, known for their love of fruits, have another passion—riding a carousel. Research by scientists in the fields of neurobiology and genetics reveals a new side to these insects. Fruit flies, ...

Anyone who has fresh fruit in their kitchen is familiar ... likewise honoured with a Nobel Prize. Thanks to the flies, we know today that radioactivity can cause genetic mutations and breaks in ...

Fruit flies, known for their love of fruit, have another surprising interest: riding on a carousel. Research by scientists in ...

"The common fruit fly is an especially powerful animal to study how the external world is represented and processed within the brain," Gallio said. "Many years of work on fly genetics and ...

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"The common fruit fly is an especially powerful animal to study how the external world is represented and processed within the brain," Gallio said. "Many years of work on fly genetics and ...

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Dr. Shapiro prepared hereditary charts from which he plans to show the operation of the laws of genetics on Pitcairn ... nearly 700 mutations in the fruit fly. “Inbreeding in this instance ...